Supporting my friends

I have a lot of friends. And I love to support them in whatever way I can.
I have two friends who have recently (within the past week!) published their 3rd novels. So fun.

So I recommend two books:

"29: A Novel" by Adena Halpern

"Lifted" by Wendy Toliver

They both arrived today via amazon.com. I can't wait to read them both. I'll review them on goodreads and amazon.com. I also couldn't help myself and I ordered a fun book for me to read to my little ones: "Fairy Tales and Fables" by Gyo Fujikawa.

Speaking of Gyo Fujikawa... she also illustrated a book called "Oh, What a Busy Day."

My sister and I used to read that book over and over and over again when we were little. It was our dream to be able to live in the pages that she created. We would sit for hours and discuss what page we would like to live in most that day, what we would do if we got to live there and how much fun it would be. My sister's favorite page (if I remember correctly) was the mud puddle page. Mine switched between the tree house and the wild animal page. I loved the tree house page. Who hasn't always wanted a tree house? A secret hideaway to run away from real life and play? But I had hard time choosing between that and the 2nd to last page -- the wild animal page. On that page the children are hanging out with all different types of animals. My sister and I would pore over that page and discus which animal we would like for our pet and why. I usually chose the mountain lion as it reminded me of our cat, Tigger -- just a lot bigger. But sometimes I would choose the bear. Who wouldn't want a bear to snuggle up to at night?

I read from the "Fairy Tales and Fables" book tonight. It's great. My kids enjoyed the many stories and the beautiful illustrations. A great purchase, if I say so myself. I have forgotten about a lot of the stories she illustrated. My daughter loved "The Real Princess" about the Princess and the Pea... my son loved "The Dragon and the Monkey." I loved them all. I can't wait to read "Cinderella" tomorrow night to my princess. Oohh la la. I am in love with books!